Cloud Story

Coming in Jan 2026, artist Amanda Ruck will take to the streets of Healesville for a series of pop-up painting sessions as part of her exhibition at the Memo Cloud Time. Watch as cloud studies take shape in real time, spark a conversation, or simply pause and reflect under the open sky. 
 
Join Amanda outside of Verso Books from 11 am, every Sunday in January. 

Amanda Ruck graduated from the Canberra School of Art in 1988 with a Bachelor of Art, Visual, in printmaking and painting. Not long after graduating she moved to Melbourne where landscapes, and clouds, became a major focus. In 1998 Amanda seized an opportunity and moved to Healesville, in the beautiful Yarra Valley. 

 Since 2007, Amanda has been painting in acrylic on canvas, creating atmospheric landscapes with sweeping skies and recently she has chosen to work on round wooden panels, using clouds at night to depict the weather patterns of her heart. 

 The constantly busy and talented Ruck was exhibition coordinator of The Yering Station Art Gallery Victoria, Australia, from 2005-2008 and co-coordinated the Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition & Awards. On top of her 17 prior solo exhibitions, Ruck has been included in over 20 group exhibitions in Melbourne and the Yarra Valley.